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17.11.2021 / 16:59

US to auction off oil and gas drilling leases in Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude, the first such sale under President Joe Biden and a harbinger of the challenges he faces to reach climate goals that depend on deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions.The livestreamed sale invited energy companies to bid on drilling leases across some 136,000 square miles (352,000 square kilometers) — about twice the area of Florida.It will take years to develop the leases before companies start pumping crude.

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Aster DM Healthcare considers hiving off Gulf, India health care units

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Wreaths Across America to include U.S. Space Force

(Credit: Wreaths Across America) COLUMBIA FALLA, Maine - Wreaths Across American announced it will include the U.S. Space Force on National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec.

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Biden administration to install wind farms coast-to-coast to combat climate change

WASHINGTON - Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced Wednesday by the Biden administration.The projects are part of President Joe Biden’s plan to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, generating enough electricity to power more than 10 million homes.Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said her department hopes to hold lease sales by 2025 off the coasts of Maine, New York and the mid-Atlantic, as well as the Carolinas, California, Oregon and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mayor calls 3,000 barrel California oil spill ‘environmental catastrophe’

U.S. probing nearly 350 reports of oil spills in Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida Carr added: “Our wetlands are being degraded and portions of our coastline are now covered in oil.”The spill was caused by a breach connected to the Elly oil rig and stretched from the Huntington Beach Pier down to Newport Beach, a stretch of coast popular with surfers and sunbathers.Carr said the oil rig was operated by Beta Offshore, a California subsidiary of Houston-based Amplify Energy Corporation.

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Tropical storm warnings issued for Texas, Mexico as Nicholas forms in Gulf

The National Hurricane Center warned flash, urban and isolated river flooding was possible. Over the eastern portions of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches can be expected Sunday into Monday.Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said via Twitter that Nicholas is the 14th named storm of 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Only 4 other years since 1966 have had 14 or more named storms by Sept.

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Pipeline broken during Hurricane Ida causing Gulf oil spill identified

WASHINGTON (AP) - Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and broken open.Talos Energy, the Houston-based company currently paying for the cleanup, said in a statement issued Sunday evening that the busted pipeline does not belong to them.The company said it is working with the U.S. Coast Guard and other state and federal agencies to coordinate the response and identify the owner of the ruptured pipeline.Two additional 4-inch pipelines were also identified in the area that are open and apparently abandoned.

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Hurricane Ida slams into U.S. Gulf Coast on Katrina anniversary

After growing in strength while barreling through the Gulf of Mexico, with winds up to 241 kilometers per hour, Hurricane Ida finally slammed into the Louisiana coast earlier today as a Category 4 storm.

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Category 4 Hurricane Ida set to make landfall in Louisiana Sunday

Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just hours before hitting the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus.As Ida moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world in the northern Gulf of Mexico, its top winds grew by 45 mph (72 kph) to 150 mph (230 kph) in five hours. The system was expected to make landfall Sunday afternoon, set to arrive on the exact date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

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VLCC Health Care files draft papers with Sebi to raise funds via IPO

₹83.24 crore will be used to set up VLCC Wellness clinics in India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, VLCC Institutes in India and refurbishment of certain existing VLCC Wellness clinics in India and GCC region.

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India's Covid situation vastly improved, hope countries would ease travel curbs: Govt

COVID-19 situation vastly improving in India, the Centre is hoping that foreign nations would ease travel restrictions from the country. The government further stated that it is taking up the issue with partners, including in the Gulf.

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Police: 6-year-old Atlanta boy drowns in Gulf of Mexico during vacation

Enrique Cortez-Duban (FDLE) PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Authorities have recovered the body of a 6-year-old boy believed to have drowned during a family vacation in Florida. The Panama City Beach Police Department said the body of Enrique Cortez-Dubon was found Tuesday afternoon in the sand. Police say the 6-year-old appears to have drowned.

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Gulf of Mexico fire happened after lightning strike and gas leak, company says

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightning storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline leak, set off a strange subaquatic fireball seen last week in the Gulf of Mexico.Petroleos Mexicanos said an intense storm of rain and lightning on July 2 forced the company to shut off pumping stations serving the offshore rig near where the fire occurred.Simultaneously, the leak in an underwater pipeline allowed natural gas to build up on the ocean floor and once it rose to the surface, it was probably ignited by a lightning bolt, the company said.Pemex sent fire control boats to pump more water over the flames and no one was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap

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Tropical Storm Elsa leaves 3 dead in Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Tropical Storm Elsa battered the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, downing trees and blowing off roofs as it sped through the Caribbean, killing at least three people.The storm was centered about 140 miles (225 kilometers) east of Kingston, Jamaica, and was speeding west-northwest at 23 mph (37 kph).

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Undersea pipeline rupture causes fire in Gulf of Mexico

Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters. Pemex, as the company is known, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field and it had dispatched fire control boats to pump more water over the flames.

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Fire boils to surface of Gulf of Mexico after underwater oil pipeline rupture

Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters.Petroleos Mexicanos said it had dispatched fire control boats to pump more water over the flames.Pemex, as the company is known, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field.

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Deadly Alabama crash: More than $300K raised for funerals of 8 kids in van

Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch — a youth home operated by the Alabama Sheriffs Association that takes in abused and neglected children, including foster children.The van erupted into flames on Saturday after a multi-vehicle wreck along a wet Interstate 65, located about 35 miles south of Montgomery, as Tropical Depression Claudette ravaged the area. The van was heading back to the ranch after a week at the beach in Gulf Shores. Ranch Director Candice Gulley was the van’s only survivor.

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Israel issues 'severe' warning against travel to UAE due to covid outbreak

COVID cases, Israel has issued a "severe" travel warning to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit.Times of Israel reported that the Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a "severe" warning against travel to the UAE and added the Gulf state to a list of countries which Israelis are advised not to visit due to COVID-19 outbreak.The country has removed Peru from the list, which now includes the UAE, Uganda, Uruguay, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Maldives, Namibia, Nepal, Paraguay, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica and Tunisia.Citing the Ministry statement, Times of Israel said that if there is not a "significant improvement" in morbidity figures in those countries, they

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Oman faces shortage of hospital beds amid surge in covid cases

DUBAI : Coronavirus infections are surging in the Gulf Arab state of Oman, where health officials warned Monday that hospitals now face an acute shortage of beds amid a lagging vaccine rollout, the spread of highly transmissible variants and relaxed movement restrictions.The influx of severe infections has forced overwhelmed hospitals nationwide to turn away patients, local media reported. The main COVID-19 field hospital in Muscat, the capital, surpassed 90% occupancy and its intensive care beds are now completely full, said the state-run Omani News Agency.

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Iran’s largest navy vessel sinks in Gulf of Oman after catching fire: reports

Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support ship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said.

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